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Salted Maple Bourbon Marshmallows
December 27, 2014 by Laura 10 Comments
Salty, sweet and boozy, Salted Maple Bourbon Marshmallows are perfect for hot chocolate, coffee or even eating out of hand.
Happy Holidays! I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas.
We are still flitting from house to house and family to family, but I wanted to share these marshmallows with you so that you could make them for New Year’s. They suit the holiday–kind of boozy and decadent. And heck even good finger food for any nighttime bowl games. I was especially excited about how these came out because I was not sure if the chemistry of marshmallows would support adding so much salt. To my delight, they did–and the salt…
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